Shade-bracket.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

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GEORGE W. NEWTON AND ALBERT M. CARL, OF NEWTON, IOWA.

SHADE-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

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Be it known that we, GEORGE W. N EWTON and ALBERT M. CARL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Jasper and Stateof Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Brackets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in shade-brackets, andparticularly to a bracket made of a single length of material anddesigned. to efliciently support the ends of the roller.

The main object of the invention is to provide a bracket particularlyadapted for attachment with the spring end of the roller, constructedand arranged to readily receive the journal of said end and prevent itsaccidental disengagement therefrom.

The invention will be described in detail in the followingspecification, with particular reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich the figure is a perspective view of my improved bracket, the shadebeing shown in dotted outline.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents the shade-bracket having at oneend the usual squared spring-shaft 2 and at the opposite The bracket forthe a single length of Wire 4, sharpened and threaded at one end, as at5, the opposite end being bent downwardly at a right angle, as at 6,then forwardly at a right angle, as at 7 then upwardly at a right angle,as at 8, the part 8 being projected above the body 4 of the bracket andbent rearwardly, as at 9, in alinement with and spaced above the body 4,

In use the brackets are arranged with suitable relation to thewindow-casing and the length of the shade-roller, and the stud 3 of theroller is inserted into the eye 12 of the bracket 10. The rectangularend 2 of the spring-shaft is then inserted in the bracket 4:, beingarranged to rest between the arms 6 and 8 of the bracket and rest uponthe portion 7 thereof, it being understood that the arms 6 and 8 arespaced apart a distance to receive the rectangular end of thespringshaft 2 and hold the same against rotation.

In practice the pull upon the spring-shade necessary to release the dogsfrom their catches and set the spring in operation is usually sufficientto jar or dislodge the end. of the shaft 2 from its bracket when thepull is released to elevate the curtain, and to prevent such accidentaldisengagement we provide the bracket with the overhang or guard 9,against which the spring contacts should it accidentally move upward,whereby its disengagement from the bracket is prevented.

It is understood that the distance between the body 4 and theoverhang-guard 9 of the bracket is less than the vertical length of therectangular end of the squared shaft, so that there is no possibility ofthe disengagement of the spring-shaft from the bracket without theturning of the latter.

By preference the brackets are each made of a single length of wire,though it is understooi that other material may be used, if desireHaving thus described the invention, what we claim as new is Ashade-bracket of integral formation having a shank member threaded atone end and bent at its opposite end at right angles to said member, thebracket at the terminal of said right-angled portion being projectedforwardly in parallel relation with the shank, then upwardly in parallelrelation with the right-angled portion, said upward projection extendingabove the shank and being terminally bent rearwardly in spaced parallelrelation to the shank, said rearward extension terminating in rear ofthe right-angled portion and being spaced from the shank a dis tanceless than the length of said right-angled portion, whereby the shank andsaid rearwardlyprojecting portion form an entrance-opening disposed atright angles to the roller-pintle-receiving space formed between theright-angled portion and upwardly-proj ected portion.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. NEWTON. ALBERT M. CARL. Witnesses:

E. F. BEssER, H. C. KORE.

